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NewsMichel Gondry’s New Film Is Just Him Trying to Keep Up with Noam Chomsky
Michel Gondry doodles along to Noam Chomsky's deepest thoughts.
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NewsMelbourne Gets a Tropical Treat at the New Olsen Pool Club
Beat the heat at this urban retreat - no membership required.
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NewsNY Graffiti Landmark 5Pointz Is Dead; Long Live 5Pointz
Long Island's iconic graffiti landmark has had an overnight ninja whitewash.
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NewsComedian Live-Tweets a Couple’s Public Break-Up
Don't scream in public; you never know who could be listening. Or tweeting.
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NewsWin Tickets to 100 Million Nights with Canyons and Daniel Boyd
Art meets electronica when Daniel Boyd and Canyons get together.
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NewsWin Tickets to See How I Live Now
Saoirse Ronan stars in a story of love and the end of the world.
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News13 Best Book Releases to Read This October
This month's fiction haul includes Soviet nepo babies and a starving spectacle inspired by a real 20th-century sideshow act. Plus, the return of a 2010s-famous author.
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GuideUnconventional Outings to Round Up the Crew for Something Different
Hands-on outings across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the group chat that's already bored of brunch, bar-hopping and the same old dinner booking.
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GuideTheatre and Live Performances to Build a Whole Night Out Around
Theatres, cabaret rooms and live-music stages across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, from new Australian drama to West End-scale musicals — plus where to eat before curtain.
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GuideRoad Trips Just Outside of Town to Fill an Entire Day Out
Nine day trips close enough to squeeze in before dinner, from high tea in a 1904 hydropathic retreat to a solar-powered treetop park in the Otways.
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GuideLate-Night Cocktail Bars Made for Just One More Round Before Ubers
Twelve bars built for the hour when "one more round" turns into three, spanning a Godfather-themed basement, a moon-lit Shanghai den and a bar that distills its own fernet.
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GuideKid-Friendly Spots Where the Whole Family Will Love Spending Time Together
Nine family-friendly venues where a pig named Kevin Bacon, a cubby house inside a brewery, and gluten-free doughnuts do the heavy lifting of keeping everyone happy.
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GuideJazz Bars to Settle Into and Lose Track of the Whole Night In
The jazz bars across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney drawing crowds with world-class acts, great drinks and a distinct lack of signage out the front.
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GuideIndependent Cinemas with Interesting and Unexpected Screenings
Characterful independent cinemas across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne where the room, the bar and the backstory matter just as much as the film.
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GuideGalleries to Spend a Rainy Afternoon Wandering Around
Twelve galleries across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne that earn a proper look, not just a walk-by — made for filling a slow, rainy afternoon.
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NewsThe Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August
A time-travelling news agency, fables about digital dystopias, the grief of losing a best friend and more.
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NewsDistrict8 Lets You Go Online Shopping in Your Ultimate Fashion Neighbourhood
The solution to finding (and remembering) the world's gorgeous little fashion boutiques.
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NewsCelebrate in the Middle of the Day with Appletiser Lunch Club
Appletiser launches a club for the ladies (and gents) who lunch
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NewsThe Art of Artisan Gelato with Messina
The Sydney cult has made it to Melbourne. Gelato Messina talk us through the art of artisan gelato.
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NewsWin Tickets to the British Film Festival
The British Film Festival hits the colonies for the first time ever.
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NewsJellyfish Protein Gives Us Creepy, Glowing Ice-Cream
Calcium-activated luminescent protein takes dessert to a whole new level.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsThinking Global and Drinking Local With Cascade Brewery
With the rise of craft beer and a focus on local ingredients, we chat to Australia's oldest brewery, Cascade, about Tasmania, local produce and a good stout.
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News15th-Century Dutch Church Converted to Epic Bookstore
This must be one of the world's most gorgeous bookstores.
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NewsChristos Tsiolkas Wants You to Fail
Australian author Christos Tsiolkas is back another novel Barracuda sure to get the nation talking.
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Event'Passage: The Art of Atong Atem' at NGV Australia
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 - Mon, 14 Jun 2027
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
From striking self-portraits to celestial stories, the South Sudanese-Australian artist is showcasing her most comprehensive exhibition yet.
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EventDiscoteca Italiana Arrivederci Roma at Melbourne Museum
Fri, 16 Oct, 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Before this Roman blockbuster closes, it’s getting one final send-off with disco, cocktails, cannoli and after-dark exhibition access.
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EventThe Sunday Reset
Multiple single dates
Hyde Melbourne Place, Melbourne
The Melbourne Apothecary is jazzing up the day of rest with a 12-week wellness series.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Wool Store
Fri, 11 Dec, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
The global techno powerhouse is taking over a sprawling industrial Melbourne venue with her trademark high-intensity sound.
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EventThe Teskey Brothers at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Sat, 17 Oct, 2026
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
The city's annual jazz celebration is hitting all the right notes, beginning with a blockbuster hometown performance from The Teskey Brothers.
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EventHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sat, 18 Sep 2027 and Sun, 19 Sep 2027
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Celebrating 25 years of this adored series, the MSO will perform John Williams' iconic score across three Melbourne nights.
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NewsFive Tips for the Best Taste of Melbourne Experience in 2013
Melbourne's foodie Mecca is back as the city's best restaurants converge on Albert Park.
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NewsWin Tickets to The Counselor
Ridley Scott directs an all-star cast in the first original screenplay from Cormac McCarthy.
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NewsFind Out What Each Country Leads the World In via Handy Map
We are world leaders in deadly animals and melanoma. Hooray!
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NewsWin Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture on DVD
Enter for a chance to win this film made by the creator of Girls.
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NewsSydney Festival Announces Full Program for 2014
Look out for a much bigger festival garden, the return of music venue Paradiso at Town Hall and everyone's favourite duck, and a version of Stonehenge that you can bounce on.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to Do at Melbourne Good Food Month 2013
We've taken some of the stress out of choosing what to do this Good Food Month.
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News#Mamming Is an Actually Good, Funny Campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness
The latest Instagram sensation embraces the awkwardness of mammograms.
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NewsZombies Attacked and I Am Glad They Did: A Day in Zedtown
We report from the ground at the (Fun)Day of the Dead, Zedtown.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Blancanieves
Director Pablo Berger’s retelling of the Grimm Brothers' Snow White story is generating a lot of buzz right now.
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NewsEat Streets: Meyers Place
Take a closer look at Meyers Place: that tiny laneway capillary between Bourke and Little Collins streets.
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NewsTake Remote Control of the Melbourne Tourist Experience
Control and watch the real experience of two tourists in the Victorian cultural hive.
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NewsTry Banana Bread and Espresso Butter Beer from 4 Pines and Single Origin
It's Up & Go for beer enthusiasts.
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NewsMeet the Company Turning a Phone Call Into a 24-Hour Work of Art
A conversation with conversation maestros the Nature Theater of Oklahoma.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Patrick and a DVD Prize Pack
A remake of the cult classic Ausploitation horror film about a comatose patient.
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NewsThe Pop Up Bar 14km Out at Sea
Kraken Rum is giving bartenders a chance to mix it up at an frighteningly unique bar - 9 miles out to sea.
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NewsSnap Your City and Win a Calvin Klein Downtown Prize Pack
Calvin Klein rewards your creativity with a delightful deluge of the new fragrance Downtown.
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NewsUniqlo to Open First Australian Store
Heattech underwear, Ultra Light Down and bold design collaborations are on their way to Melbourne's Emporium.
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NewsWin Tickets to Gurrumul at the Melbourne Festival
Your chance to hear an Australian icon perform live.
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NewsWin Tickets to Teenage Riot at the Melbourne Festival
You don't truly realise how parental and limiting adult writers can be towards children until you've seen the works of Ontroerend Goed.
